Another thing you should consider, isn't a dual boot, but rather using vmware server and installing redhat as a VM. The advantages are that you can have both OS's running at once, you don't have to adjust partitions, and it is free.

It's not necessary for Linux to be installed at the beginning of the disk, at least I can't think of any reason for that. All that would be at the beginning is the MBR for Grub, the boot loader, it doesn't remove your windows installation though. Grub itself would be in the boot partition of Linux.

Manage projects of all sizes how you want. Great for personal to-do lists, project milestones, team priorities and launch plans.
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You can boot the windows CD and enter the recovery console, then use the tools on there (fixboot, fixmbr) to restore the mbr to teh windoze version, or you could restore the backup images you made with bootit-ng.

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You have a server running Server 2003 and have applied a retail pack of Terminal Server Licenses. You want to change servers or your server has crashed and you need to reapply the Terminal Server Licenses. When you enter the 16-digit lic…

This document is written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 and ORACLE 10g. Earlier releases can be installed using this document as well however there are some additional steps for packages to be installed see Metalink.
Disclaimer: I hav…

This video shows how to remove a single email address from the Outlook 2010 Auto Suggestion memory.
NOTE: For Outlook 2016 and 2013 perform the exact same steps.
Open a new email: Click the New email button in Outlook.
Start typing the address: …